Discussion on The Ark | WordPress Theme made for Freelancers

Discussion on The Ark | WordPress Theme made for Freelancers

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Hi, very good work! Do you plan to add some shopping features? And what about a login area, with a forum? Looks like I’m gonna buy it :)

Hi Explorito!

Thank you for your purchase!

1.) Shopping features are already integrated with WooCommerce

2.) Login area – this is handled by forum and there is not much we can do about this

3.) Forum – currently this can be achieved only with 3rd party plugins.

Thanks and cheers! :)
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You are welcome and thanks for your answers regarding woocommerce and forum plugins.

Unfortunately the fresh builder interface does not work properly. I have asked for a refund, hope I will get it (or that you will find a quick solution to fix this problem. An empty cache in the system settings interface does not change anything to my issue… I even deleted my database and installed again xampp, WordPress and the ark theme, with no change. Bugs and errors are still appearing in the console page).

Best regards

Hello, How to change h2 size specifically for a page? THANK YOU

Hi gillespierre!

I can see you have a support ticket already opened so please send us there a screenshot of the title and URL link to the page where we can find it. Without this I can’t tell which title exactly you mean and I also need your login but you have already sent us one in the ticket so it’s okay if you could just post your question there too.

Thanks and cheers! :)

I have this same issue: I bought the theme When I disable the plug in Ark Theme Core Plugin The site appears When I plug the plug in Ark Theme Core Plugin Is the site blank? I need help, please.

Hi tmiley!

This definitely should not happen. Try to de-activate the “Fresh Performance Cache” plugin and if this does not help, please open a ticket at http://arktheme.com/open-ticket/ and send us your WP and FTP logins. We will get back to you shortly

Thanks and cheers! :)
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Thank you. Disabling the “Fresh Performance Cache worked.

Hi, i use wamp to test the theme – but it counts my license. I have 5 left, is it possible to stop it from counting when its on local host?

Thank you, I will :)

I just wrote you ;)

Hi apcoa!

OK, I’ll check it out

Thanks and cheers! :)
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Hi, I would like to know if there is an option to change menu font and to align it centered. If I understand you don’t use visual composer to place elements but a specific way done for this theme, is that right? Same for the sliders, just to understand exactly what to expect. Thank you

Hi Biretta!

We have our own solution called Fresh Builder. It’s much more flexible and easier to use in many aspects but we recommend everyone to form their own opinion – if you won’t like it, you can easily get a refund, we are very open and friendly with our users. You can change the menu font, there are several ways to do it – if you would need help doing this, just contact us, ideally via our ticketing system. Regarding sliders, you can use of the many slider plugins or our own nest-able slider elements in Fresh Builder to create your own. We also bundle Revolution Slider for free with Ark.

Thanks and cheers! :)

thanks for the explanation

Hi, I want to buy this theme, but I want to be sur I can switch to rtl if I selected rtl language in the menu (I want to make my site both ltr and rtl language.) ?

Hi smitoo!

We don’t have a one-click option to change the rtl styles – yet. It’s on our internal development roadmap though.

Thanks and cheers! :)

Howdy! Where can I find the changelog for yesterday’s update?

Hi Master125SZ!

We have just updated our detailed changelog now with v14, please see it here:

https://themeforest.net/item/the-ark/19016121#item-description__changelog


Thanks and cheers! :)

image link : http://tinypic.com/r/120gtwl/9

i want my menu to open submenu when i click anywhere inside box. my main menu will have no links so i want to show open dropdown when i click anywhere in square A . for now it works just in B part of menu.

i found answer in : https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/nav_menu_link_attributes


function add_specific_menu_atts( $atts, $item, $args ) {
    $menu_items = array(11384,380);
    if (in_array($item->ID, $menu_items)) {
         $atts['data-toggle'] = 'dropdown';
    }

    return $atts;
}
add_filter( 'nav_menu_link_attributes', 'add_specific_menu_atts', 10, 3 );

is this okie

Hi nirpendra!

I’m glad, that you figured it out

Thanks and cheers! :)
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Hi,

I like your work. Appreciate your wonderful creation. Before buying I have some confusions. 1) My site is running from older version of simplepress of Elegant theme. Could you tell me switching to your theme is easy or lots of manual work to be done? 2) I like corporate-2 page style but I also like header of business style then can I apply both in one home page? 3) Can I change theme color easily? 4) After deployment my site with your theme it is easy to upgrade with your update in future or I need to down whole site for same?

These are my confusions I hope you understood and will clear my doubts. Thanks in advance.

Hi giteshtrivedi!

There is a built-in one-click theme version updater, available from your WordPress dashboard. You can use it to easily update the theme to newer versions as the time goes forward.

Thanks and cheers! :)

Hi,

Got it. What is size of image in slider. Can we change size of image in slider?

Hi giteshtrivedi!

This depends on the size of images, you set inside :-)

Thanks and cheers! :)
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hi, i have two questions,

1- contact form’s notification in my mailbox shows “wordpress@domain-name” as sender. is there any way to change that “wordpress” to something else?

2- i would like to have a Masonry gallery on my page to show some images and a bit of text underneath of each (something like the Masonry blog). is the theme support such a feature?

Hi behrangsamareh!

1.) This is fully in your hosting configuration, Ark is using standard WP Mail function. But you can use Postman SMTP plugin to send it through email address of your choice

2.) In current situation, you can use portfolios or 3rd party galleries. We are developing gallery element, but it will be online in 1 – 2 weeks.

Thanks and cheers! :)
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Hello, how do I change the global text color of the theme? Thanks

Hi thepanz70!

Please post a support ticket at http://arktheme.com/open-ticket/ and one of our developers will assist you.

Thanks and cheers! :)

Hi there, I’m trying to install the theme, but it just re-directs me to a Page that says “Are you sure you want to do this?” and then has a button underneath saying “Please Try Again” that re-directs me to the themes page but it hasn’t installed.

Thanks in advanced, Dan

Hi Dan!

Are you uploading the theme or already installing? If uploading, please try to upload via FTP because some servers have low limits on how big the upload can be. You would need to unzip the “upload-this” ZIP file first though. Then upload the “ark” directory into your ”/wp-content/themes/” directory on your FTP server.

Thanks and cheers! :)

Worked perfect, should of thought of that myself. Thank you! :)

Hello Is there a special reason for closing the ark forum? ...it is closed definitively? thank you in advance Miguel

Hi Miguel!

Yes, we needed a more professional tool for efficient supporting and forums are not really suitable for this. We missed things such as metrics, assignments, attachments, tags, internal team notes, etc. With the new ticket system we now have all that and more. For now, the forums are public so you can still browse the old topics but posting new topics has been disabled. If you would like to engage in discussion with other users, please join our Facebook group, there is a few hundreds of Ark users active and they engage in group conversations about all things Ark.

Thanks and cheers! :)

OK, thanks for your answer!

duplicate portfolio

When I try to search and post in your support forums – i get a bad gateway… and there is a big notice saying the forum isn’t in use anymore. I really need to know how to duplicate a portolio page I created and/or save it as a template so I don’t need to recreate it every time.

Hi WSDigital!

You could try some “duplicate post” plugin – one of them should work I think, but some can be buggy so you would need to try which one actually works (it’s all free plugins so they can be spotty).

But before you go that route, you can copy/paste the whole canvas to other posts/pages. You can do so by clicking on the “Options” button in the top right corner of the Fresh Builder canvas. This way you can copy content of one portfolio post to the other one and take it from there.

Another neat feature is that you can create a global template in “Ark > Template” and then print it anywhere. But it does not allow you to “duplicate” the template into your page instead of “just print it from remote location” – this is something we want to allow in future updates.

And yet another neat feature is the Sitemap. If you go to “Ark > Sitemap > Portfolio Single” there you can customize the outer wrappers/content of your single portfolio posts. Portfolio category view can be customized at “Ark > Sitemap > Portfolio Archive”. This can help you reduce some repetition from your workflow.

Hope this helps.

Thanks and cheers! :)

If I create a portfolio item… what is the best way to duplicate/clone it so I can create a new portfolio item using the same layout?

[we have replied to the duplicate question in your other comment thread below]

Is there a social share element to add to pages and posts so users can easily share the page via social media?

Hi WSDigital!

Yes, a lot of elements use our “smart link” feature. It can be set to share the current page upon clicking. You can test it by for example inserting an element called “Icons”. You will find the link options that can share there.

Thanks and cheers! :)

Hello, I responded this morning to a ticket and I wait for the answer because it is quite urgent. Could you help me and give me the answer?

Hi gillespierre!

I apologize for the delay, your ticket was the only one that had to be postponed for the next day because more developers need to be involved in that ticket. You should get a reply soon, thank you for your patience. Please send a link to your page where the slider is located via e-mail as a reply to your already existing ticket and we will assist you.

Thanks and cheers! :)

thank you i will wait for it.Thank you again.

I have a question about the blog. When I write an article, below the title there is the breadcrumb: Home Page> category> name of the article. I would like to replace “category” by the link to the Blog page (where there is all my articles: like what you created here: http://s21617.p679.sites.pressdns.com/blog/ I have created a page where there is all my article and I would like that instead of category, I can put the link to this page. If not, can the word “category” be deleted?

Hi gillespierre!

Can you please post it as a new support ticket? That way we can assign it to appropriate developer on our team, such feature is not available in these comments.

Thanks and cheers! :)

Hi, I have just come aboard the ark! The Freshbuilder loads, I can pick the section but when I try to edit the element it does not allow me to save the edit or even cancel. It just stays there but every time I click the cancel, save or quick save the WP admin panel shakes a little. So can’t do a thing right now.

Let me know what I can do.

Thanks, Will

Hi willksw!

Welcome aboard! Please open a ticket at http://arktheme.com/open-ticket/ and we will get back to you asap.

Thanks and cheers! :)
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Hey quick question i see in another comment that video backrounds are disabled for mobile by default…. how do i turn them on my homepage is a video and i need it to not be blank on mobile

Hi sthomas84245!

Mobile phones and tablets do not have enough CPU and bandwidth to handle background videos, so background videos for these two are not disabled, but not implemented, because it’s not possible to implement them. You can always use fallback background image, visible only on mobile phone.

Thanks and cheers! :)
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Here are a few additional observations that I have come across while designing with the Ark template:

1) Tablet (SM) breakpoint does not have any effect on iPad Mini, rather, Laptop (MD) is what impact iPads. Similarly, Phone (XS) breakpoint does not apply to iPhone 6 & above and similar smartphones. Rather Tablet (SM) breakpoint is what control display on those smartphones. This leads me to want to suggest you reconsider relabelling those breakpoints in the builder as it is grossly misleading and could potentially frustrate beginner users who are arguably the target users of the Ark theme because of its simplicity.

2) There appears to be no way to add vertical separators or margins between individual top menu items. This means that all menus except the active state, have the same background. That removes any type of affordances that users would see to make it obvious that the menus are clickable. I tried to work around this by adding box shadow to the menu but this seem to work only in Chrome, but not Safari or FF, and even in Chrome, it meant that the search icon layer on the far right also had borders around it making it look very awkward. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to target the background css class for the search position by itself to remove the box shadow around the icon.

3) All the attributes under Header Wrapper (when you click the pencil to edit) are pretty useless. None of the changes you make in this mode gets rendered on the header template. The only thing you can pretty do here is to change the static, fixed, and mobile colors without clicking the pencil. Same thing goes for the Top level icons.

4) Talking about Top Level icons section – not exactly sure what this does. I initially thought it would allow me to add icons to my menu items like you see in some other 3rd party themes, but apparently not. The only thing it controls is the search icon, which is pretty lame since there is little you can do to style the search icon by itself without changing the other menu items.

5) Menu labels are top aligned and cannot be set to middle position. I can understand if the menu wrapper allows icons, but without icons there is no reason why we can not adjust the menu labels just like other elements on the page.

Even with all of these nuances, I still believe this is the best theme and builder for Wordpress till date.

Hi omoge!

Thank you for your feedback and kind words. I can see that you really like Ark which is why you took the time to write down all your thoughts on future improvements – we really appreciate it. Please allow me address them one by one now:

1) MD breakpoint can be visible on tablet only when it is in landscape orientation. This is a default in Bootstrap and it’s pretty much an industry standard at this point in time. Changing this default behaviour could create a lot of potential issues, especially with 3rd party plugins.

2) This is a pretty specific area and one would need to target it with CSS – we can easily assist you with creating such code, just send us a support ticket and our devs will help you set it up.

3) I think that the Header Wrapper is present mainly to allow adding backgrounds. Spacing is controlled via the general header options because there are scripts that calculate with these values.

4) Top Level Icons are search, menu icon and topbar toggle icon. If you want to add icons to your menu items, you can do so via “Appearance > Menus” and change the menu item title to something like this:

<i class="ff-font-awesome4 icon-home"> Home</i>

5) Menu labels should be vertically center aligned as can be seen on our demo. If that’s not the case for you, we can look into it on your website.

It’s clear that all your points are regarding header customization. While we allow for a lot of customization in the header, more than most of the other themes, we understand that there is always room for improvement. We would love to do a full re-write of headers eventually but that’s something that can take weeks worth of work and we already have some big things in the pipeline so it will take some time before we will be able to start working on it. Header is probably the hardest visible part of a theme to code because there is just so many options and situations you need to account for, using combinatory logic it can be hundreds of scenarios that need to work and be tested. This is also why the pencil tool is not that useful for headers because the headers live their own life as they say. But in the meantime, most of your requirements can be done via CSS/HTML and we offer assistance for simple CSS customizations, just lodge in a support ticket and we will do our best to help you achieve what you have set out.

Thanks and cheers! :)

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